Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 - 416 sider |
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Side 11
... approach to a wild country was the spectacle of a band of Indians of the Sac tribe , who were removing to new settlements . The men were fantastically painted , and the chief was distinguished by a profuse display of trinkets , and a ...
... approach to a wild country was the spectacle of a band of Indians of the Sac tribe , who were removing to new settlements . The men were fantastically painted , and the chief was distinguished by a profuse display of trinkets , and a ...
Side 24
... approach it was found they belonged to a large band of the Grand Pawnee tribe , who were on a war excursion , and encamped at about thirty miles ' distance . Hav- ing got rid of these suspicious visitors , the party moved rapidly ...
... approach it was found they belonged to a large band of the Grand Pawnee tribe , who were on a war excursion , and encamped at about thirty miles ' distance . Hav- ing got rid of these suspicious visitors , the party moved rapidly ...
Side 27
... approach so near as almost to touch the animal . If on a plain without grass or bushes , it is necessary to be very circumspect ; to ap- proach so slowly as not to excite alarm , and when observed by the animal , to imitate dexter ...
... approach so near as almost to touch the animal . If on a plain without grass or bushes , it is necessary to be very circumspect ; to ap- proach so slowly as not to excite alarm , and when observed by the animal , to imitate dexter ...
Side 32
... approach the mountain district , the country altered its appearance greatly for the worse . They were now on a great sandy waste , forming a kind of upper table - land of North America - a region without a single green thing to vary and ...
... approach the mountain district , the country altered its appearance greatly for the worse . They were now on a great sandy waste , forming a kind of upper table - land of North America - a region without a single green thing to vary and ...
Side 47
... approach of his san- guinary pursuers . In a few moments one Indian was within range of the fatal rifle , and at its report his horse galloped riderless over the plain . The remaining two then thought to take him at advantage by ...
... approach of his san- guinary pursuers . In a few moments one Indian was within range of the fatal rifle , and at its report his horse galloped riderless over the plain . The remaining two then thought to take him at advantage by ...
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